The Boy's Hakluyt: English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery

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PREFACE

CONTENTS

ILLUSTRATIONS

I BEGINNINGS OF AMERICA

II RICHARD HAKLUYT THE MAN

III "THE PRINCIPAL NAVIGATIONS"

IV THE EARLY VOYAGES

V QUEST FOR THE NORTHWEST PASSAGE

VI THE VOYAGES OF THE CABOTS

VII THE ENGLISH CLAIM TO AMERICA

VIII VENTURES IN THE CABOTS' TRACK

IX THE NORTHEAST PASSAGE

X THE OPENING OF RUSSIA

XI VOYAGES FOR THE MUSCOVY COMPANY

XII REVIVAL OF THE NORTHWEST THEORY

XIII FROBISHER IN ARCTIC AMERICA

XIV THE LUST FOR GOLD

XV HAWKINS IN FLORIDA

XVI DRAKE'S GREAT EXPLOITS

XVII ON THE PACIFIC COAST

XVIII GILBERT'S VOYAGES

XIX FOOTPRINTS OF COLONIZATION

XX "VIRGINIA"

XXI RALEIGH'S LOST COLONY

XXII JAMESTOWN

INDEX

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THE BOY’S HAKLUYT

IN THE SAME SERIES
Published by CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

The Boy’s Catlin. My Life Among the Indians, by George Catlin. Edited by Mary Gay Humphreys. Illustrated. 12mo

net $1.50

The Boy’s Hakluyt. English Voyages of Adventure and Discovery, retold from Hakluyt by Edwin M. Bacon. Illustrated. 12mo

net $1.50

The Boy’s Drake. Edited by Edwin M. Bacon.

(In Preparation)

QUEEN ELIZABETH GOING ABOARD THE “GOLDEN HIND.”

From a painting by Frank Brangwyn.

THE
BOY’S HAKLUYT
ENGLISH VOYAGES OF
ADVENTURE AND DISCOVERY

BY
EDWIN M. BACON,
AUTHOR OF “HISTORIC PILGRIMAGES IN NEW ENGLAND,”
“LITERARY PILGRIMAGES IN NEW ENGLAND,” “THE CONNECTICUT RIVER
AND THE VALLEY OF THE CONNECTICUT,” ETC.
ILLUSTRATED
NEW YORK
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS
1910
Copyright 1908, 1909, by
CHARLES SCRIBNER’S SONS

Published September, 1908
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